Movies: Mauri Jaakkola

  • 1968
    Here, Beneath the North Star

    Here, Beneath the North Star (1968)

    Here, Beneath the North Star

    6.91968HD

    Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives u...

    Here, Beneath the North Star
  • 1952
    The Witch

    The Witch (1952)

    The Witch

    6.31952HD

    An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy......

    The Witch
  • 1946
    Kirkastuva sävel

    Kirkastuva sävel (1946)

    Kirkastuva sävel

    51946HD

    A story about the life of Eero, a machine shop worker, and his younger brother Martin in the working-class neighborhoods of Helsinki, and the change brought about by a conductor and his daughter who move in next door....

    Kirkastuva sävel
  • 1947
    Kultamitalivaimo

    Kultamitalivaimo (1947)

    Kultamitalivaimo

    51947HD

    Two conservative men are surprised when they find out that their wives are actually athletes....

    Kultamitalivaimo
  • 1950
    Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin

    Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin (1950)

    Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin

    11950HD

    In the heart of Savo, police officer Kontkanen is searching for Heikki, a man suspected of selling alcohol. At the same time, he tries to catch the ram that has escaped from Piiroinen's farm and win the heart of Annastiina, the farmer's daughter, who...

    Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin
  • 1950
    Köyhä laulaja

    Köyhä laulaja (1950)

    Köyhä laulaja

    71950HD

    Sisters Irma and Airi Ranna's café Iltatähti has run into financial trouble. Touring musicians Heikki and Jussi end up as tenants in the same boarding house where the siblings and the poetic accountant live. Since the landlady does not allow music in...

    Köyhä laulaja
  • 1970
    Akseli and Elina

    Akseli and Elina (1970)

    Akseli and Elina

    6.41970HD

    A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people....

    Akseli and Elina
  • 1984
    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen

    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen (1984)

    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen

    01984HD

    Based on Nikolai Erdman’s banned 1928 comedy play The Suicide, a socially critical grotesque about a man tired of life...

    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen
  • 1959
    Punainen viiva

    Punainen viiva (1959)

    Punainen viiva

    5.81959HD

    The story of the first elections in Finland. Farmer Topi Romppainen lives a modest life with his family in Kainuu in the early 20th century. While shopping in the village, Topi hears about the upcoming parliamentary elections. His wife Riikka decides...

    Punainen viiva
  • 1948
    Laulava sydän

    Laulava sydän (1948)

    Laulava sydän

    01948HD

    Bank clerk Aarno Harjus is dismissed from his job due to false criminal allegations, and at the same time his wife leaves him. With the help of his friend, Detective Inspector Erä, Harjus gets the opportunity to appear on the radio under the pseudony...

    Laulava sydän
  • 1949
    Prinsessa Ruusunen

    Prinsessa Ruusunen (1949)

    Prinsessa Ruusunen

    31949HD

    Princess Sleeping Beauty is cursed by Tuonettare and falls into a hundred-year sleep, from which she can only be awakened by a kiss from the prince....

    Prinsessa Ruusunen
  • 1956
    Lain mukaan

    Lain mukaan (1956)

    Lain mukaan

    5.51956HD

    Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services....

    Lain mukaan
  • 1969
    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu

    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu (1969)

    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu

    5.41969HD

    A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts ab...

    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu
  • 1963
    Turkasen tenava!

    Turkasen tenava! (1963)

    Turkasen tenava!

    01963HD

    Architect Matti picks up Ritva and her young son while on a business trip. When the car runs out of gas, the travelers are forced to spend the night at a guesthouse, pretending to be a married couple. During the night, Ritva runs away, leaving the ch...

    Turkasen tenava!
  • 1961
    Kertokaa se hänelle…

    Kertokaa se hänelle… (1961)

    Kertokaa se hänelle…

    01961HD

    Mauno, an orphan boy, moves from the countryside to Tampere to live with his foster parents, Iida and Eero, who support him in his music studies. As an adult, Mauno travels to Helsinki to search for Helena, a Karelian girl he rescued during the war, ...

    Kertokaa se hänelle…
  • 1955
    Villi Pohjola

    Villi Pohjola (1955)

    Villi Pohjola

    6.71955HD

    A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor....

    Villi Pohjola
  • 1971
    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin

    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin (1971)

    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin

    41971HD

    A story of an escaped convict and some funny side stories during the Finnish summer, some stolen clothes and some summer romance thrown in....

    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
  • 1956
    The Harvest Month

    The Harvest Month (1956)

    The Harvest Month

    6.71956HD

    The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decli...

    The Harvest Month
  • 1949
    Katupeilin takana

    Katupeilin takana (1949)

    Katupeilin takana

    51949HD

    1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu Jalle-sedä. In Helsinki, the young people continue their courtship under the supervision of Vapu's aunt, Moster Mella. Howeve...

    Katupeilin takana
  • 1947
    Pikajuna pohjoiseen

    Pikajuna pohjoiseen (1947)

    Pikajuna pohjoiseen

    4.71947HD

    The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North. One tragedy after the other appears....

    Pikajuna pohjoiseen